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Psalms 94:16
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist speaks in the first person, asking who will defend him against the wicked, positioned between a declaration of God's coming righteous judgment and a confession of personal reliance on divine aid.
The words — The Hebrew מִֽי (mi) asks "who," while יָקוּם (yaqum) and יִתְיַצֵּב (yityatzev) mean "will rise up" and "will take his stand," paired with עִם (im) "with" and terms for evil-doers and iniquity-workers.
The thread — The plea for defenders against the wicked echoes Judges 5:23, while the call to stand with God's people aligns with 3 John 1:8.
Why it lands — The text demands a reader to identify who will actively oppose the wicked and stand with the upright, shifting focus from human defense to reliance on the Lord.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Cross-references
- Judges 5:23 ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
- John 7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
- 3 John 1:8 Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers for the truth.
- Numbers 25:6 Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Psalms 59:2 Deliver me from workers of iniquity, and save me from men of bloodshed.
- Isaiah 63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was appalled that no one assisted. So My arm brought Me salvation, and My own wrath upheld Me.
- Jeremiah 5:1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.
- Exodus 32:26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.
- Numbers 10:35 Whenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
- 1 Kings 18:39 When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”